For anybody interested, I saw this
BMW Recommended Oils page in a newsletter I just got. It lists BMW recommended long-life oils for use in the U.S. on their cars. The list below does NOT include M cars, just our normal BMWs. Follow the link for the full listing for M cars.
- BMW High Performance SAE 5W-30 Synthetic Oil* (BMW part number 07 51 0 017 866)
- Castrol Syntec European Formula SAE 0W-30
- Mobil 1 SAE 0W-40
- Pennzoil Platinum European Formula Ultra SAE 5W-30
- Valvoline SynPower SAE 5W-30